Having considered the report of the Secretary-General
on the composition of the existing groups of Member States for
the apportionment of the costs of peace-keeping operations financed
through assessed contributions,

Also having considered the note by the Secretary-General
transmitting a communication from Czechoslovakia to the Fifth
Committee,

Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the
States permanent members of the Security Council in the financing
of peace-keeping operations, as indicated in General Assembly
resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, entitled "General
principles to serve as guidelines for the sharing of the costs
of future peace-keeping operations involving heavy expenditures",

Recalling its resolution 3101 (XXVIII) of 11 December
1973, in which the composition of groups for the assessment of
contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force is set out,
and its subsequent resolutions relating to the composition of
groups, the latest of which is resolution 47/41 of 1 December
1992 on the financing of the United Nations Operation in Somalia,

Also recalling its previous decisions regarding the
fact that, in order to meet the expenditures caused by peace-keeping
operations, a different procedure is required from the one applied
to meet expenditures of the regular budget of the United Nations,

Taking into account the fact that the economically more
developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger
contributions and that the economically less developed countries
have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such
operations,

Reaffirming that the financing of peace-keeping operations
is the collective responsibility of all Member States, in accordance
with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations,

Recalling paragraph 6 of its resolution 46/233 of 19
March 1992 on the financing of the United Nations Protection Force,
1. Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, in respect of the apportionment
of the appropriations referred to in General Assembly resolutions
46/233 of 19 March 1992, 46/222 B and 46/240 of 22 May 1992, 46/195
B of 31 July 1992 and 47/41 of 1 December 1992, that:

(a) San Marino shall be included in the group of Member States
set out in paragraph 3 (b) of Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1
March 1989 and that its contributions to the financing of peace-keeping
operations shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions
of the relevant resolutions to be adopted by the Assembly regarding
the scale of assessments;

(b) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Slovenia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shall be included in
the group of Member States set out in paragraph 3 (c) of Assembly
resolution 43/232, that their contributions to the financing
of peace-keeping operations shall be calculated in accordance
with the provisions of the relevant resolutions to be adopted
by the Assembly regarding the scale of assessments, and that
the assessment rate of the Russian Federation shall be based
on its relevant regular budget assessment rates;

2. Takes note of the fact that Czechoslovakia will cease
to exist as at 31 December 1992;

II

Recognizing that the composition of groups for the apportionment
of peace-keeping expenses presently applied constitutes an ad
hoc arrangement,

Noting that the report of the Secretary-General on the
composition of the existing groups of Member States for the apportionment
of the costs of peace-keeping operations financed through assessed
contributions has not addressed all the aspects in the allocation
of countries to the four groups as set out in the relevant General
Assembly resolutions for the financing of peace-keeping operations,

Requests the Chairman of the Fifth Committee to call
together an open-ended working group of the Fifth Committee during
the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly to examine the
placement of Member States in the groups for the apportionment
of peace-keeping expenses, with the objective of establishing
standard criteria, in order to ensure that that placement is applied
in a consistent manner which could be used to allocate Member
States to the groups for all future peace-keeping operations,
and to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-eighth session;

III

Recalling its resolutions 44/192 A to C of 21 December
1989 and 45/258 of 3 May 1991,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General
on the support account for peace-keeping operations and the related
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions,

Also having considered the report of the Secretary-General
on the review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments
of troop-contributing States,

Reaffirming the need to continue to improve the administrative
and financial management of peace-keeping operations,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General
on the support account for peace-keeping operations, and concurs
with the observations and recommendations contained in the related
report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions;

2. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General
on the review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments
of troop-contributing States, and requests the Secretary-General
to keep this matter under review and to report thereon to the
General Assembly at its forty-eighth session;

3. Encourages those Member States which have not yet
responded to the questionnaire sent out by the Secretary-General
requesting information on military salary scales in effect as
at December 1991 to do so as rapidly as possible;

4. Notes with concern that, in consequence of the shortfall
of financial contributions, troop-contributing States are not
being reimbursed to the full extent of the established rates for
some operations;

5. Reaffirms its request that the Secretary-General,
to the extent possible, make payment of arrears due to current
and former troop-contributing States;

6. Invites the Secretary-General, as chief administrative
officer, to continue the strengthening and reform of the Secretariat
units dealing with peace-keeping operations, so that they can
deal effectively and efficiently with the planning, launching,
ongoing management and termination of those operations;

7. Reiterates its call upon all Member States to pay
their assessed contributions in full and on time, and encourages
those States which can do so to make voluntary contributions acceptable
to the Secretary-General;

8. Notes that the reports requested of the Secretary-General
on the reserve stock of commonly used equipment and supply items
and the use of civilians in peace-keeping operations, in paragraph
13 of General Assembly resolution 45/258, have not been submitted,
and requests that these reports be submitted to the Assembly at
its forty-eighth session;

9. Also notes that the report requested of the Secretary-General
in paragraph 14 of General Assembly resolution 45/258 on a review
of the present practices and approaches regarding the calculation
of expenditures incurred by the United Nations in the conduct
of peace-keeping operations, including the financial arrangements
of the Organization with Governments in respect of such calculations,
has not yet been submitted, and requests that this report be submitted
to the Assembly at its forty-eighth session;

10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of
its forty-eighth session the item entitled "Administrative
and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peace-keeping
operations";

IV

Having taken note of the report of the Secretary-General
on the United Nations Operation in Cyprus and the decision of
the Security Council as contained in its resolution 796 (1992)
of 14 December 1992,

Having noted the appeal of the Secretary-General to
all Member States to make voluntary contributions to the Special
Account for the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus,

Invites all States Members of the United Nations to
respond positively to the appeal of the Secretary-General for
voluntary contributions to the United Nations Peace-keeping Force
in Cyprus.